systemic desensitization

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systemic desensitization,

a technique used in behavior therapy for eliminating maladaptive anxiety associated with phobias. The procedure involves the construction by the person of a hierarchy of anxiety-producing stimuli and the general presentation of these stimuli until they no longer elicit the initial response of fear. Also called desensitization. Compare flooding. See also reciprocal inhibition.

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